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Tropical Storm Bertha is poised to hit East Texas this week, but the impacts in Huntsville are expected to be minimal. The storm is currently making its way through Louisiana on its way to Texas along the coast, though it is likely to weaken and cause minimal impact to Houston and the surrounding areas. Wind...
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The 2026 Conference USA Football Kickoff and Media Days event was held in Arlington on Monday and Tuesday, bringing together all 10 of the conference’s football programs. Each team was represented by its head coach and two student-athletes, with coach Phil Longo, quarterback Landyn Locke and linebacker Dean Ford in attendance for Sam Houston. Other...
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Sam Houston State University football player William Davis died over the weekend, the team announced on Sunday. The cause of death had not been made public as of Tuesday evening. Davis, 22, was a defensive back from South Boston, Virginia. Prior to transferring to Sam Houston, Davis played three seasons at Virginia Union, a Division...
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Over the years, the rise of the internet seemed to be the death of physical media. What used to come from DVDs, CDs and vinyl records became easily accessible with just a click, and physical media was deemed relics of the past. Recently, however, physical media has made a comeback—not through the generation that grew up with it, but...
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Sam Houston State University held its seventh annual Heatwave Media and Film Festival Award Ceremony on April 30 in the Orange Ballroom of the Lowman Student Center. The festival, which aims to showcase work done by College of Arts and Media students, awarded numerous accolades for student film, journalism and other forms of media. The...
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The No. 8 seed Sam Houston Bearkats lost to No. 5 seed New Mexico State 3-0 in the opening game of the C-USA Tournament, ending their 2026 season. The Bearkats entered the game on a seven-game losing streak, including two sweeps by FIU and Jax State. But they were 7-0 in neutral-site games, in which...
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Every Tuesday and Thursday, Merecedes Narvaez makes her way to Sam Houston State University. As a commuter from the Woodlands, she drives between 30 minutes to an hour each trip to and from campus. Normally, that would cost Narvaez about $35 a week, but with the rising costs of gas, she says it now takes nearly $50 to fill her tank. This increase of...
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The state of Texas executed James Broadnax with a lethal injection of pentobarbital on Thursday for the 2008 robbery and fatal shootings of two men at a music studio in Garland. Broadnax was pronounced deceased at 6:47 p.m. at the Huntsville Unit state penitentiary. In a statement, Broadnax’s legal team claimed their client “was a...
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A flood watch has been issued until 4 a.m. Saturday morning for Walker, Trinity, Madison, Leon, Grimes, Polk, San Jacinto and Montgomery Counties. A flood watch is issued by the National Weather Service when there is a potential (50 to 80%) chance for life-threatening flooding/flash flooding in the next 48 hours due to either rainfall...
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Photos by Sophia Morales The 2026 Heatwave Media and Film Festival kicked off Monday night with the event’s opening ceremony, hosted in the Lowman Student Center Orange Ballroom. Photos by Brianna Courtney Prior to the opening ceremony, a VIP event was held in the Dan Rather Communication Building to recognize the 2026 Howard Grant Award...
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